USA’s Russia sanctions target oil shipping, avoid energy, metals
Russia Since late 2022, the USA has subjected Russian oil to a price cap, tightening its enforcement in October 2023 in response to Moscow’s use of what the Treasury Department terms a “shadow fleet” – “an infrastructure of ships, insurers and other service providers with opaque ownership structures and a history of sanctions evasion activities.”
Oil shipping giant Sovcomflot is among the entities targeted on Friday in a bid to disrupt this alleged evasion.
The US price cap policy is meant to limit Moscow’s oil profits while maintaining stable energy supplies.
Some observers have deemed the new sanctions “incremental” and designed to avoid economic upsets in a US election year.
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